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Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look': After months of debate, a Northern Ontario town is spending $10,000 to save an iconic lumberjack statue from getting the axe.

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On tonight's episode: Iconic lumberjack avoids the chopping block.

For countless travellers along Highway 11, "Guy-Paul Treefall" has been a longtime landmark. But now in desperate need of some fixing, the statue left the Town of Iroquois Falls in a tough spot: Repair, relocate or replace?

This week, local councillors made a decision: the well-known statue will be repaired and relocated, at an approximate cost of $10,000.

SEE: Iconic Highway 11 statue spared the axe

TimminsToday reporter Marissa Lentz-McGrath has been covering the story and joins us tonight with the latest details. You can read her latest coverage HERE.

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